DETROIT — Brothers Vito and Anthony Giacalone, reputed Detroit mobsters, had close ties to Teamster President Jimmy Hoffa in the 1960s — but that didn’t keep them from plotting to rob a safe in his ...

DETROIT — It’s time for the feds to give Chuckie O’Brien a letter of clearance that says he’s no longer a suspect in Jimmy Hoffa’s murder. Why? Because the evidence is overwhelming. For nearly 45 ...

Observers think Anthony "Tony Pal" Palazzolo, was also in the car and, along with Vito "Billy Jack" Giacalone, served as the Mafia's hit team. They drove Hoffa to a secure location where he would have ...

He had been in Detroit for a meeting with Pro and mobster Anthony Giacalone, but they never showed up. Hoffa was last seen getting into a maroon Mercury in the parking lot of the Machus Red Fox ...

Forty years ago today, former Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa called his wife, Josephine, from a pay phone in Bloomfield Township to say he had been stood up at an afternoon meeting with two mobsters.

Note: This story was originally published July 30, 2015, the 40th anniversary of Jimmy Hoffa's disappearance and has been updated. Forty years ago today, former Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa called ...

TRINGALI, ANGELA (nee CRICCHIO) Age 96, passed away August 31, 2013. Beloved wife of the late Joseph. Dearest mother of Patsy Mary (the late Anthony Giacalone), Carolyn (Joseph) Tocco and Joseph (Dana ...

Anthony Giacalone Jr. Anthony (Tony) Giacalone Jr. 60, of Reno, NV. Passed away July 16, 2003.Tony was born in Detroit, Mich. on July 20, 1942. He moved to the bay area with his family in 1951. He ...

Jo Thomas was a Free Press reporter in the 1970s who exposed, among other stories, underworld corruption in the Detroit trucking industry. She went on to cover news in Haiti, Cuba, Northern Ireland ...

FILE - This photo shows Teamsters Union president Jimmy Hoffa in Washington on July 26, 1959. (AP Photo/File) (Uncredited, Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Sunday marks 48 years since controversial American labor leader Jimmy Hoffa disappeared from metro Detroit — never to be seen or heard from again. Hoffa’s disappearance ...